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That '65 Mini doesn't seem to be on their site when you click on that link for some reason Nick, I must be doing something wrong? Whoever bought that 2005 Cooper S, spent a sh!t load of money on it and then only drove it less than 7k miles, obviously had money to burn. Bonkers way to spend...

And there was me thinking this site had taken a sharp turn to the smutty side!! ;)

Looks like someone got a really good car for a good price. Congrats on the sale clearglass and best of luck to its new custodian. I'm sure you would have liked to get a bit more for it though.

Thanks for digging that out Ed, you obviously have all your old material and pictures exceptionally well organised, very much unlike myself!! :rolleyes: 😁 It looks right at home in that landscape and on some of the best roads in that part of the country. Small, light, chuckable and nimble...

I know this is not the place for this discussion,but you'd have to ask if manufacturers are going down the correct road at all. When you look at the ever increasing,size,weight and power of modern cars, that just cant be used for anything more than a few seconds/minutes at a time,on public...

😂😂 Considering the love for motorsport over in that part of the world,I'd say you weren't the only one to add a few more gaps in the hedges,free of charge for the local farmers Ed 😉

I would have loved to have seen that little City E Ed. I'd say no fast car was safe with you piloting that back in the day Ed!! ;)

Ah loved watching that Ed :cool: 😁 That Clio wasn't standard and he wasn't exactly pulling away from the Mini. I never fully realised how much the rear coming around, would play a part in how it went around a bend. Even watching the likes of the Fiesta ST getting a bit of a lean on...

Looks like a lovely example, I would love to try one at some stage. At least you should be fairly confident, this one won't have too many rust issues to worry about.

There's a pretty good bumper sticker in that quote I think 😉😂

Good article Craig. Its never easy when you keep getting bills coming at you and the feeling that you might just finally have everything all sorted...and then something else goes wrong, making funny noises or breaks. There is no real getting away from it unfortunately, especially when said...

If it had a full tank of juice, that might go someway towards explaining the price being asked Ed ;)

Some very good points there by everyone. I think the obsession with mileage has been very much made worse and made out to be something that is one of the most important ways to judge if a car is good enough and how if it dares to cross over the 100k mile mark, it basically becomes unsellable...

While this is a big generalisation, I would hazard a guess that your car has caused less problems and issues, compared to one with far less mileage and one that is kept locked up,most of the time.

Congrats Omega Red. By my (admittedly) very poor math's, you are only just over 18k miles shy of travelling the equivalent, of a trip to the Moon!!

From what I've seen of the Ford brand and the go faster ones Nick,the prices for either new or older models operate in their own Ford fanatics universe. It just doesn't make much sense unless you bleed blue blood 🙈😂

The last thing I would have said it needs,is a clean Ed. It's like a four wheeled mirror looking at that cracking picture 👍

Very well done on the sale, but a lovely car like that was never going to hang around too long. Hope the new owner enjoys it over the summer. Isn't that a 135R? Does that run the K- Series or the Toyota engine? By all accounts, they are supposed to be one of the very best of the Elise breed...

Julian just posted that the car actually sold a few weeks ago,while he was waiting for the group admins to give him the go ahead to post. Seems like a pretty long time to leave someone waiting and pending... I'm sure it went to a good home,lovely looking example and the cars history and owners...

That is damn nice too. You could always make the case,of making it a tri-Renault showpiece/collection 😉

Wow, now that is a problem most people would love to have. Which keys do you take, Red or Yellow :cool: The Trophy has shined up lovely after its fresh bath as well.

Everyone knows that sort of dust only increases the value of the car its resting on. Well that's the impression various sellers and auction sites would give you at least ;) Best of luck with the test.

They would certainly make a pretty decent double team to try it at least, I'd have thought Ed. Both would be very well connected, and if I'm not mistaken, I think the #001 owner is also French (I believe).

If you were to try and do something like that, the person who came into my head, was a certain Mr. H Metcalfe. As a long time owner, he must be thinking about what to do with his car, knowing that it will only get harder to keep his car going, as originally designed and intended. To me...

The one that sticks in my memory is this one from 2010.... Guy Martin is busy doing a summersault in there somewhere!!!

I'm the same as that Ed. I know a very little about bikes, but always try and watch at least some of the IOM TT. It is probably the very last of a no holds barred dance with death. The physicality of going what they do, managing somehow to hold on for the distance around the course and over...

I remember a good friend buying a Metro Turbo for peanuts back in the late 90's. White with red stripes I think. Was a quick little thing,from memory it cornered unbelievably flat as well. How he didn't kill himself in it,I'll never know,he drove it flat out...everywhere.

Its great to see interesting and different colours like that compared to the white/black and greys that appear omni present in nearly every other car you see these days. Something bright and eye catching like that yellow, really suits a fun car like that, very nice car.

Sounds like a great day out Ed and as you say, different again as its reserved for the "original" of the species ;) Looks like you got the weather as well, which always makes such a big difference to events like this. Plus a very worthy charity gets something out of it as well.

Is that a new event Ed,cant say I've heard about it before. What track is it held on?